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| April 16th, 2069 (April 16 2069) | Death | Otho, Roman Emperor (born in 32) | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Event | Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Birth | Princess Eleonore of Belgium, Belgian princess | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Death | Edward Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born in 1917) | |
| April 16th, 2008 (April 16 2008) | Death | Joseph Solman, American painter | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Event | Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide. | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (born in 1962) | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (born in 1915) | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Seung-Hui Cho, Korean American murderer (born in 1984), see List of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, American instructor of French (born in 1958) | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Kevin Granata, American professor of Engineering (born in 1961) | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Liviu Librescu, American Jewish-Romanian professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (born in 1930) | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | G. V. Loganathan, Indian American professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (born in 1954) | |
| April 16th, 2007 (April 16 2007) | Death | Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (born in 1909) | |
| April 16th, 2006 (April 16 2006) | Death | Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor and model (born in 1983) | |
| April 16th, 2005 (April 16 2005) | Death | Kay Walsh, British actress (born in 1911) | |
| April 16th, 2005 (April 16 2005) | Death | Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (born in 1943) | |
| April 16th, 2005 (April 16 2005) | Death | Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian worker and peace activist (born in 1976) | |
| April 16th, 2004 (April 16 2004) | Event | The super liner Queen Mary 2 embarks on her first Trans-Atlantic crossing, linking the golden age of ocean travel to the modern age of ocean travel. | |
| April 16th, 2003 (April 16 2003) | Event | The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union. | |
| April 16th, 2003 (April 16 2003) | Death | Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (born in 1930) | |
| April 16th, 2003 (April 16 2003) | Death | Graham Stuart Thomas, English author and garden designer (born in 1909) | |
| April 16th, 2002 (April 16 2002) | Death | Ruth Fertel, American restaurateur (born in 1927) | |
| April 16th, 2002 (April 16 2002) | Death | Robert Urich, American actor (born in 1946) | |
| April 16th, 2001 (April 16 2001) | Death | Alec Stock, English football manager (born in 1917) | |
| April 16th, 1999 (April 16 1999) | Death | Skip Spence, Canadian-born guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane) (born in 1946) | |
| April 16th, 1998 (April 16 1998) | Death | Fred Davis, English snooker player (born in 1913) | |
| April 16th, 1998 (April 16 1998) | Death | Alberto Calderon, Argentine mathematician (born in 1920) | |
| April 16th, 1997 (April 16 1997) | Death | Doris Angleton, American socialite (born in 1951) | |
| April 16th, 1997 (April 16 1997) | Death | Roland Topor, French illustrator (born in 1938) | |
| April 16th, 1996 (April 16 1996) | Death | Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping tycoon (born in 1909) | |
| April 16th, 1995 (April 16 1995) | Death | Arthur English, English actor and comedian (born in 1919) | |
| April 16th, 1995 (April 16 1995) | Death | Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (born in 1982) | |
| April 16th, 1994 (April 16 1994) | Birth | Liliana Mumy, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1994 (April 16 1994) | Death | Ralph Ellison, American writer (born in 1913) | Ralph Ellison Quotes |
| April 16th, 1993 (April 16 1993) | Birth | Mirai Nagasu, American Figure Skater | |
| April 16th, 1992 (April 16 1992) | Event | The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. | |
| April 16th, 1992 (April 16 1992) | Birth | Prince Sebastien of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg | |
| April 16th, 1992 (April 16 1992) | Death | Neville Brand, American actor (born in 1920) | |
| April 16th, 1992 (April 16 1992) | Death | Andy Russell, American singer (born in 1919) | |
| April 16th, 1991 (April 16 1991) | Death | David Lean, British film director (born in 1908) | |
| April 16th, 1990 (April 16 1990) | Event | The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, goes through with his first assisted suicide. | Jack Kevorkian Quotes |
| April 16th, 1990 (April 16 1990) | Birth | Lorraine Nicholson, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1988 (April 16 1988) | Event | In Forli, Italy, Red Brigades kill Italian Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor to Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita. | |
| April 16th, 1987 (April 16 1987) | Event | British Conservative MP Harvey Proctor appears at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London charged with gross indecency. | |
| April 16th, 1987 (April 16 1987) | Birth | Aaron Lennon, English footballer | |
| April 16th, 1986 (April 16 1986) | Birth | Paul di Resta, British racing driver | |
| April 16th, 1986 (April 16 1986) | Birth | Neil Haskell, Finalist of SYTYCD Season 3 | |
| April 16th, 1985 (April 16 1985) | Birth | Mark Baker, Welsh author and historian | |
| April 16th, 1985 (April 16 1985) | Birth | Luol Deng, British-Sudanese basketball player | |
| April 16th, 1985 (April 16 1985) | Birth | Benjamin Rojas, Argentine actor and singer | |
| April 16th, 1985 (April 16 1985) | Death | Scott Brady, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| April 16th, 1984 (April 16 1984) | Birth | Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author | |
| April 16th, 1984 (April 16 1984) | Birth | Noah Fleiss, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1983 (April 16 1983) | Birth | Cat Osterman, American softball pitcher | |
| April 16th, 1983 (April 16 1983) | Birth | George Patis, Greek badminton player | |
| April 16th, 1983 (April 16 1983) | Birth | Marie Digby, American Singer | |
| April 16th, 1982 (April 16 1982) | Birth | Boris Diaw, French basketball player | |
| April 16th, 1982 (April 16 1982) | Birth | Barry Jones, Scottish magician | |
| April 16th, 1982 (April 16 1982) | Birth | Jonathan Vilma, American football player | |
| April 16th, 1982 (April 16 1982) | Birth | Gina Carano, American Mixed Martial Arts fighter. | Martial Quotes |
| April 16th, 1980 (April 16 1980) | Birth | Paul London, American professional wrestler | |
| April 16th, 1979 (April 16 1979) | Birth | Christijan Albers, Dutch Formula One driver | |
| April 16th, 1979 (April 16 1979) | Birth | Sixto Peralta, Argentine footballer | |
| April 16th, 1978 (April 16 1978) | Birth | Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer | |
| April 16th, 1978 (April 16 1978) | Birth | Lara Dutta, Indian actress | |
| April 16th, 1978 (April 16 1978) | Death | Lucius Clay, American general (born in 1897) | |
| April 16th, 1977 (April 16 1977) | Birth | Alek Wek, Sudanese supermodel | |
| April 16th, 1977 (April 16 1977) | Birth | Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer | |
| April 16th, 1976 (April 16 1976) | Birth | Lukas Haas, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1976 (April 16 1976) | Birth | Dan Kellner, American fencer | |
| April 16th, 1976 (April 16 1976) | Birth | Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress | |
| April 16th, 1975 (April 16 1975) | Birth | Sean Maher, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1975 (April 16 1975) | Birth | Nick Pickard, British actor | |
| April 16th, 1974 (April 16 1974) | Birth | Mat Devine, American singer (Kill Hannah) | |
| April 16th, 1974 (April 16 1974) | Birth | Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer and director | |
| April 16th, 1974 (April 16 1974) | Birth | Valarie Rae Miller, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1973 (April 16 1973) | Event | Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt. | |
| April 16th, 1973 (April 16 1973) | Birth | Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer | |
| April 16th, 1972 (April 16 1972) | Event | Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. | |
| April 16th, 1972 (April 16 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive - prompted by the North Vietnamese offensive, the United States resumes the bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. | |
| April 16th, 1972 (April 16 1972) | Birth | Conchita Martinez, Spanish tennis player | |
| April 16th, 1972 (April 16 1972) | Death | Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1899) | Yasunari Kawabata Quotes |
| April 16th, 1971 (April 16 1971) | Birth | Peter Billingsley, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1971 (April 16 1971) | Birth | Selena, American singer (died in 1995) | |
| April 16th, 1971 (April 16 1971) | Birth | Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor | |
| April 16th, 1971 (April 16 1971) | Birth | Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver | |
| April 16th, 1970 (April 16 1970) | Death | Richard Neutra, American architect (born in 1892) | |
| April 16th, 1969 (April 16 1969) | Birth | Fernando Vina, American Baseball Player | |
| April 16th, 1968 (April 16 1968) | Death | Edna Ferber, American author (born in 1885) | |
| April 16th, 1965 (April 16 1965) | Birth | Jon Cryer, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1965 (April 16 1965) | Birth | Martin Lawrence, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1965 (April 16 1965) | Birth | Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director | |
| April 16th, 1964 (April 16 1964) | Event | Great Train Robbery12 men are sentenced to a total of 307 years. | |
| April 16th, 1964 (April 16 1964) | Birth | Dave Pirner, American rock singer (Soul Asylum) | |
| April 16th, 1964 (April 16 1964) | Birth | David Kohan, American television producer | |
| April 16th, 1963 (April 16 1963) | Event | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 16th, 1963 (April 16 1963) | Birth | Jimmy Osmond, American pop singer (The Osmonds) | |
| April 16th, 1963 (April 16 1963) | Birth | Salim Malik, Pakistani cricket player | |
| April 16th, 1962 (April 16 1962) | Birth | Ian MacKaye, American musician, (Fugazi and Minor Threat) | |
| April 16th, 1961 (April 16 1961) | Birth | Doris Dragovic, Croatian singer | |
| April 16th, 1960 (April 16 1960) | Birth | Rafael Benitez, Spanish football manager | |
| April 16th, 1960 (April 16 1960) | Birth | Pierre Littbarski, German footballer | |
| April 16th, 1960 (April 16 1960) | Birth | Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died in 2007) | |
| April 16th, 1959 (April 16 1959) | Birth | Scott McKinsey, American television director | |
| April 16th, 1959 (April 16 1959) | Birth | Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player | |
| April 16th, 1958 (April 16 1958) | Death | Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (born in 1920) | |
| April 16th, 1956 (April 16 1956) | Birth | David McDowell Brown, American astronaut (died in 2003) | |
| April 16th, 1956 (April 16 1956) | Birth | Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier | |
| April 16th, 1955 (April 16 1955) | Event | The Burma-Japanese peace treaty signed in Rangoon on November 5, 1954 comes into force, formally ending the state of war. | |
| April 16th, 1955 (April 16 1955) | Birth | Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager | |
| April 16th, 1955 (April 16 1955) | Birth | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | |
| April 16th, 1954 (April 16 1954) | Birth | Ellen Barkin, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1954 (April 16 1954) | Birth | John Bowe, Australian racing driver | |
| April 16th, 1953 (April 16 1953) | Event | Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht Britannia. | |
| April 16th, 1953 (April 16 1953) | Birth | Peter Garrett, Australian musician (Midnight Oil) | |
| April 16th, 1953 (April 16 1953) | Birth | J. Neil Schulman, American writer | |
| April 16th, 1952 (April 16 1952) | Birth | Bill Belichick, American football coach | |
| April 16th, 1952 (April 16 1952) | Birth | Michel Blanc, French actor | |
| April 16th, 1952 (April 16 1952) | Birth | Billy West, American voice actor | |
| April 16th, 1951 (April 16 1951) | Birth | Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, French photographer | |
| April 16th, 1951 (April 16 1951) | Birth | Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer | |
| April 16th, 1951 (April 16 1951) | Birth | Bjorgvin Halldorsson, Icelandic singer | |
| April 16th, 1951 (April 16 1951) | Birth | Mordechai Ben David, Jewish singer | |
| April 16th, 1950 (April 16 1950) | Birth | David Graf, American actor (died in 2001) | |
| April 16th, 1949 (April 16 1949) | Birth | Melody Patterson, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1948 (April 16 1948) | Birth | Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant | |
| April 16th, 1947 (April 16 1947) | Event | Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. | |
| April 16th, 1947 (April 16 1947) | Event | Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. | Bernard Baruch Quotes |
| April 16th, 1947 (April 16 1947) | Birth | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player | |
| April 16th, 1947 (April 16 1947) | Birth | Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter | |
| April 16th, 1947 (April 16 1947) | Death | Rudolf Ho?, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (born in 1900) | |
| April 16th, 1946 (April 16 1946) | Event | Syria gains independence. | |
| April 16th, 1946 (April 16 1946) | Birth | Margot Adler, American journalist | |
| April 16th, 1946 (April 16 1946) | Death | Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (born in 1884) | |
| April 16th, 1945 (April 16 1945) | Event | The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin. | |
| April 16th, 1945 (April 16 1945) | Event | The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) Prisoner of War camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz Castle). | |
| April 16th, 1945 (April 16 1945) | Event | More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo. | |
| April 16th, 1945 (April 16 1945) | Birth | Tom Allen, American politician | |
| April 16th, 1943 (April 16 1943) | Event | Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD. | |
| April 16th, 1943 (April 16 1943) | Birth | Ruth Madoc, British actress | |
| April 16th, 1943 (April 16 1943) | Birth | Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (died in 2000) | |
| April 16th, 1942 (April 16 1942) | Birth | Sir Frank Williams, English F1 constructor and team principal (WilliamsF1) | |
| April 16th, 1942 (April 16 1942) | Birth | Jim Lonborg, American baseball player | |
| April 16th, 1941 (April 16 1941) | Event | World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships. | |
| April 16th, 1941 (April 16 1941) | Event | Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0. | |
| April 16th, 1940 (April 16 1940) | Birth | Margrethe II of Denmark, queen regnant | |
| April 16th, 1940 (April 16 1940) | Birth | Benoit Bouchard, French-Canadian politician | |
| April 16th, 1939 (April 16 1939) | Birth | Dusty Springfield, English singer (died in 1999) | |
| April 16th, 1939 (April 16 1939) | Birth | Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (died in 2008.) | |
| April 16th, 1938 (April 16 1938) | Birth | Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician | |
| April 16th, 1938 (April 16 1938) | Birth | Rich Rollins, American baseballer | |
| April 16th, 1938 (April 16 1938) | Death | Steve Bloomer, English footballer (born in 1874) | |
| April 16th, 1935 (April 16 1935) | Birth | Sarah Kirsch, German poet | |
| April 16th, 1935 (April 16 1935) | Birth | Bobby Vinton, American singer | |
| April 16th, 1933 (April 16 1933) | Birth | Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster | |
| April 16th, 1930 (April 16 1930) | Birth | Herbie Mann, American jazz flute player (died in 2003) | |
| April 16th, 1930 (April 16 1930) | Death | Jose Carlos Mariategui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (born in 1894) | Philo Quotes |
| April 16th, 1929 (April 16 1929) | Birth | Roy Hamilton, American singer (died in 1969) | |
| April 16th, 1929 (April 16 1929) | Birth | Ed Townsend, American singer and songwriter (died in 2003) | |
| April 16th, 1928 (April 16 1928) | Birth | "Night Train" Lane, American football player (died in 2002) | |
| April 16th, 1928 (April 16 1928) | Death | Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (born in 1840) | |
| April 16th, 1927 (April 16 1927) | Birth | Edie Adams, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1927 (April 16 1927) | Birth | Pope Benedict XVI | |
| April 16th, 1927 (April 16 1927) | Birth | Peter Mark Richman, American actor | |
| April 16th, 1925 (April 16 1925) | Event | During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. | |
| April 16th, 1924 (April 16 1924) | Birth | John Harvey-Jones, Industrialist (died in 2008) | |
| April 16th, 1924 (April 16 1924) | Birth | Henry Mancini, American composer (died in 1994) | |
| April 16th, 1924 (April 16 1924) | Birth | Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (died in 1976) | |
| April 16th, 1922 (April 16 1922) | Event | The Treaty of Rapallo, in which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations between Berlin and Moscow, is signed. | |
| April 16th, 1922 (April 16 1922) | Birth | Kingsley Amis, English author (died in 1995) | |
| April 16th, 1921 (April 16 1921) | Birth | Peter Ustinov, English actor (died in 2004) | Peter Ustinov Quotes |
| April 16th, 1919 (April 16 1919) | Event | Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the British slaughter of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre. | |
| April 16th, 1919 (April 16 1919) | Birth | Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer | |
| April 16th, 1919 (April 16 1919) | Birth | Tom Willmore, English geometer (died in 2005) | |
| April 16th, 1918 (April 16 1918) | Birth | Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (died in 2002) | Spike Milligan Quotes |
| April 16th, 1918 (April 16 1918) | Birth | Joan Alexander, American actress | |
| April 16th, 1918 (April 16 1918) | Birth | Dick Gibson, British racing driver | |
| April 16th, 1917 (April 16 1917) | Event | Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Finland. | Vladimir Lenin Quotes |
| April 16th, 1917 (April 16 1917) | Birth | Barry Nelson, American actor (died in 2007) | |
| April 16th, 1915 (April 16 1915) | Birth | Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright (died in 1997) | |
| April 16th, 1915 (April 16 1915) | Death | Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (born in 1841) | |
| April 16th, 1914 (April 16 1914) | Death | George William Hill, American astronomer (born in 1838) | |
| April 16th, 1912 (April 16 1912) | Event | Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. | |
| April 16th, 1912 (April 16 1912) | Birth | Garth Williams, American illustrator (died in 1996) | |
| April 16th, 1912 (April 16 1912) | Birth | Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (died in 1997) | |
| April 16th, 1907 (April 16 1907) | Birth | August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (died in 1947) | |
| April 16th, 1907 (April 16 1907) | Birth | Joseph-Armand Bombardier, French-Canadian inventor and businessman (Bombardier) (died in 1964) | |
| April 16th, 1905 (April 16 1905) | Birth | Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died in 2005) | |
| April 16th, 1904 (April 16 1904) | Birth | Fifi D Orsay, Canadian actress (died in 1983) | |
| April 16th, 1904 (April 16 1904) | Death | Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (born in 1888) | |
| April 16th, 1904 (April 16 1904) | Death | Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (born in 1812) | Samuel Smiles Quotes |
| April 16th, 1899 (April 16 1899) | Birth | Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (died in 1988) | |
| April 16th, 1899 (April 16 1899) | Death | Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (b 1875) | |
| April 16th, 1896 (April 16 1896) | Birth | Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist (died in 1963) | Tristan Tzara Quotes |
| April 16th, 1895 (April 16 1895) | Birth | Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (died in 1948) | |
| April 16th, 1889 (April 16 1889) | Birth | Charlie Chaplin, English actor, writer, and film producer (died in 1977) | Charlie Chaplin Quotes |
| April 16th, 1888 (April 16 1888) | Death | Zygmunt Florenty Wroblewski, Polish physicist (born in 1845) | |
| April 16th, 1886 (April 16 1886) | Birth | Ernst Thalmann, German politician (died in 1944) | |
| April 16th, 1881 (April 16 1881) | Event | In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. | |
| April 16th, 1879 (April 16 1879) | Death | Bernadette Soubirous, French shepherd girl (born in 1844) | |
| April 16th, 1878 (April 16 1878) | Birth | Tip Foster, English cricketer (died in 1914) | |
| April 16th, 1871 (April 16 1871) | Birth | John Millington Synge, Irish writer (died in 1909) | John Millington Synge Quotes |
| April 16th, 1867 (April 16 1867) | Birth | Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (died in 1912) | Wilbur Wright Quotes |
| April 16th, 1866 (April 16 1866) | Birth | Jose de Diego, Puerto Rico statesman and journalist (died in 1918) | |
| April 16th, 1865 (April 16 1865) | Birth | Henry George Chauvel, Australian general (died in 1945) | |
| April 16th, 1863 (April 16 1863) | Event | American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg - ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi. | |
| April 16th, 1862 (April 16 1862) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle at Lee s Mills in Virginia. | |
| April 16th, 1862 (April 16 1862) | Event | American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law. | |
| April 16th, 1859 (April 16 1859) | Birth | Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (died in 1924) | |
| April 16th, 1859 (April 16 1859) | Death | Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (born in 1805) | Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes |
| April 16th, 1858 (April 16 1858) | Event | The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up. | |
| April 16th, 1853 (April 16 1853) | Event | The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane. | |
| April 16th, 1850 (April 16 1850) | Death | Marie Tussaud, founder of the Madame Tussauds wax museum (born in 1761) | |
| April 16th, 1848 (April 16 1848) | Birth | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (died in 1919) | |
| April 16th, 1847 (April 16 1847) | Birth | Hans Auer, Swiss architect, (died in 1906) | |
| April 16th, 1846 (April 16 1846) | Death | Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer (born in 1763) | |
| April 16th, 1844 (April 16 1844) | Birth | Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1924) | Anatole France Quotes |
| April 16th, 1828 (April 16 1828) | Death | Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter (born in 1746) | Francisco Goya Quotes |
| April 16th, 1827 (April 16 1827) | Birth | Octave Cremazie, French Canadian poet (died in 1879) | |
| April 16th, 1823 (April 16 1823) | Birth | Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (died in 1852) | Ferdinand Eisenstein Quotes |
| April 16th, 1821 (April 16 1821) | Birth | Ford Madox Brown, English painter (died in 1893) | Ford Madox Ford Quotes |
| April 16th, 1800 (April 16 1800) | Birth | George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier (died in 1888) | |
| April 16th, 1799 (April 16 1799) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor - Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. | |
| April 16th, 1788 (April 16 1788) | Death | Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (born in 1707) | |
| April 16th, 1783 (April 16 1783) | Death | Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (born in 1719) | |
| April 16th, 1780 (April 16 1780) | Event | The University of Munster in Munster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded. | |
| April 16th, 1755 (April 16 1755) | Birth | Elisabeth-Louise Vigee Le Brun, French painter (died in 1842) | |
| April 16th, 1746 (April 16 1746) | Event | The Battle of Culloden takes place. | |
| April 16th, 1738 (April 16 1738) | Birth | Henry Clinton, British general (died in 1795) | |
| April 16th, 1728 (April 16 1728) | Birth | Joseph Black, Scottish chemist (died in 1799) | |
| April 16th, 1693 (April 16 1693) | Birth | Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (died in 1743) | |
| April 16th, 1689 (April 16 1689) | Death | Aphra Behn, English dramatist (born in 1640) | Aphra Behn Quotes |
| April 16th, 1687 (April 16 1687) | Death | George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (born in 1628) | |
| April 16th, 1682 (April 16 1682) | Birth | John Hadley, British inventor (died in 1744) | |
| April 16th, 1661 (April 16 1661) | Birth | Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (died in 1715) | |
| April 16th, 1660 (April 16 1660) | Birth | Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (died in 1753) | |
| April 16th, 1646 (April 16 1646) | Birth | Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (died in 1708) | |
| April 16th, 1645 (April 16 1645) | Death | Tobias Hume, English composer | |
| April 16th, 1582 (April 16 1582) | Event | Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. | |
| April 16th, 1521 (April 16 1521) | Event | Martin Luther s first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 16th, 1495 (April 16 1495) | Birth | Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (died in 1557) | |
| April 16th, 1395 (April 16 1395) | Event | Azzo X d Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops. | |
| April 16th, 1346 (April 16 1346) | Event | The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of the Balkans. | |
| April 16th, 1319 (April 16 1319) | Birth | King John II of France (died in 1364) | |
| April 16th, 1198 (April 16 1198) | Death | Duke Frederick I of Austria | |
| April 16th, 1178 (April 16 1178) | Event | A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. | |
| April 16th, 1118 (April 16 1118) | Death | Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily | |
| April 16th, 1113 (April 16 1113) | Death | Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (born in 1050) | |
| April 16th, 1071 (April 16 1071) | Event | Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy. | |
| April 16th, 0924 (April 16 0924) | Death | Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy | |
| April 16th, 0778 (April 16 0778) | Birth | King Louis the Pious (died in 840) | |
| April 16th, 0744 (April 16 0744) | Death | al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph | |
